Remember the New Math..? If 70% of the students in the class believe that 2+2=5, then
It Is So.
. It would be hurtful to the self esteem of the majority of the class to correct them with the truth. After all, they will figure it out sooner or later, right?
You can't carry on a reasonable and logical conversation with people who arrive at a "scientific" conclusion by Consensus. Consensus is a refusal to accept responsibility for ones Own conclusions, because Consensus is NOT Your Own conclusion.
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Consensus: (Taken from Wikipedia) The Bold is mine.
"Consensus describes the primary way in which editorial decisions are made on Wikipedia. There is no single definition of what consensus means on Wikipedia, but in articles consensus is typically used to try to establish and ensure neutrality and verifiability. Editors usually reach consensus as a natural and inherent product of editing; generally someone makes a change or addition to a page, then everyone who reads it has an opportunity to leave the page as it is or change it. When editors cannot reach agreement by editing, the process of finding a consensus is continued by discussion on the relevant talk pages" .
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I take full responsibility for stating here that
Science/Math is NOT driven by Consensus. 2+2=4 ...no matter how you FEEL about it.
Feel free to look up the word
Editorial. NB